Society & Culture - 24 June 2006

God determines who is going to heaven ...

"And as many as were ordained to eternal life believed." -- Acts 13:48

"For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate.... Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified." -- Romans 8:29-30

"Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began." -- 2 Timothy 1:9

"He hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will." -- Ephesians 1:4-5

"God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation." -- 2 Thessalonians 2:13

and who is going to hell.

"God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned." -- 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12

"For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation." -- Jude 4

There's nothing you can do about it.

"For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth. .... For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction." -- Romans 9:11-22

2006-06-24 02:39:07 · 10 answers · asked by pope 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Song of Solomon 2:3
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

Song of Solomon 4:16
Come ... blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

2006-06-24 02:37:34 · 14 answers · asked by pope 2 in Religion & Spirituality

LETS BAN RELIGION FROM YAHOO ANSWERS

2006-06-24 02:37:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Those who understand understand.

2006-06-24 02:34:13 · 7 answers · asked by XYZ 7 in Religion & Spirituality

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2006-06-24 02:29:58 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

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2006-06-24 02:28:37 · 20 answers · asked by Engineer Smurf 1 in Religion & Spirituality

st luke 12:49 " I have come to set Fire to the earth, and how i wish that it were already kindled"!
st luke 12:51 "did you think that i have come to bring peace on earth? I tell you NO, but rather division"!
st luke 14:26 "if ANY man comes to me and he does not hate his father and mother and wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes and his own life also, he CANNOT be my disciple!
st luke 19:27 My enemies who dont wish that i should rule over them, bring them here, and slaughter them in front of me!

2006-06-24 02:28:35 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-24 02:28:01 · 14 answers · asked by Emma Woodhouse 5 in Religion & Spirituality

should the next war be against religon and where do i sign up

2006-06-24 02:26:46 · 17 answers · asked by cgdchris 4 in Other - Society & Culture

who can give me the difference between Islam and others

2006-06-24 02:26:38 · 7 answers · asked by skydragonx 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-24 02:25:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Is there sumting in the str8 male brain that ignites and suddenly makes him aware of the gorgeous guy on the opposite side of the dancefloor or room, even though his completely str8, do completely str8 guys sometimes think about doing the deed with other guys when tossing around the monster. Ive heard of the stereotypical 'you were born that way' and 'its your own decision' or even going as far as 'your possesed by a demon' I have seen a documentary on Discovery Channel that states that the 'hipotalamus hormone gland' in the front lobe of the brain of a gay guy is underdeveloped against the fully developed gland of a completely str8 guys. What turns a str8 guy gay? Could it be that he doesnt see himself as hot enought for girls and feel that he will never have a chance with a girl and then maybe revert to guys for love and attention. Could constent teasing and bullying at school create an unconscious gay persona leading to a guy thinking he might be gay.

PLS GIVE YR VIEWS ON THIS.

2006-06-24 02:25:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

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What do you find so great about your faith?

2006-06-24 02:21:22 · 8 answers · asked by libby 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-24 02:20:52 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

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2006-06-24 02:18:58 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Did you do something nice for a stranger today?

2006-06-24 02:18:37 · 15 answers · asked by yogazen 4 in Other - Society & Culture

Can anyone actually survive anywhere in the country working one minimum wage job? Should the wage be increased and if so...by how much?

2006-06-24 02:17:59 · 9 answers · asked by yogazen 4 in Other - Society & Culture